SUMMER SAGOONICK
Summary
Pursuing full-time role that presents professional challenges and leverages interpersonal skills, effective time management, and problem-solving expertise.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Benefits Specialist
Bering Strait School District
08.2022 - Current
- Checked employees' benefits enrollment for accuracy and inputted all data into Alio Linq.
- Observed strict procedures to maintain data and plan participant confidentiality.
- Resolved issues and inquiries from plan participants regarding health and welfare benefits and deductions through telephone, email, and in-person interactions.
- Explained benefits to plan participants in easy to understand terms in order to educate each on available options.
- Implemented open enrollment system to streamline benefits processes for employees.
- Collaborated with HR to develop and maintain up-to-date benefits manual.
- Assist in Classified Payroll (Alio & Kronos), maintain employee files.
- Complete ACH's for Accounts Receivable
- Create and Complete Employee Statement forms verifying an employee's status.
- Ensure that each qualifying employee is set-up and up to date with Health Coverage in Meritain.
- Obtain knowledge from multiple trainings for a switch of timekeeping systems.
- Researched and analyzed wage, salary and insurance deductions/benefits.
- Cultivated interpersonal skills by building positive relationships with others.
- Reach out to site administrators regarding time, verification on hours, and child support/unemployment.
NSEDC Summer Intern
City of Unalakleet
08.2018 - 07.2022
- Produced Water Bill/Sewage spreadsheets and updates with latest information.
- Answered phones, provided information and took messages.
- Sorted and organized customer & employee files, spreadsheets, and reports.
- Cultivated positive relationships with vendors/customers to deliver timely and cost-effective supply of services and materials.
- Explored new technologies and approaches to streamline processes.
- Took payments from customers who seek to pay their water/sewer bills, or Monthly Sales Tax.
- Counted bank to ensure we have received all the proper payments and the amount received on the daily logs match our bank.
- Maintained a clean and inviting space to ensure comfortability to our customers.
- Checked mail, mailed out reciepts to our monthly sales tax customers.
- Created and mailed invoices to our paying customers
- Complete Payroll through QuickBooks and entered numbers for Monthly Sales Tax payments.
Seasonal Worker
Target
09.2021 - 11.2021
- Greeted customers entering store and responded promptly to customer needs.
- Worked flexible schedule and extra shifts to meet business needs.
- Helped customers complete purchases, locate items, and join reward programs.
- Worked with floor team and managers to meet wide range of customer needs.
- Learned duties for various positions and provided backup at key times.
- Operated cash register to record transactions accurately and efficiently.
- Performed cash, card, and check transactions to complete customer purchases.
- Handled cash with high accuracy and took care to check bills for fraud.
- Responded promptly to requests for assistance, spills and customer inquiries.
Education
Undergraduate - Political Science
University of Hawaii Hilo
Hilo, HIGraduate - undefined
Frank A. Degnan High School
01.2019
Skills
- Time Management
- Public Speaking
- Verbal & Written Communication
- New employee enrollment
- Proficient in Alio Linq & Kronos
- Experience in QuickBooks
Teamwork
- Employee benefits practices
- Payroll coordination
- Open enrollment
- Termination Procedures
- Relationship Building
- Regulatory monitoring
- Documentation And Reporting
Leadershipadvocacy
- Our Children's Trust, Youth Petitioner-Climate Change Advocate, 2017-2022
- Civics and Conservation Summit, Youth Delegate, Attended House Bill 199 Hearing, Spoke to Representative Neil Foster, 2018
- Alaska Youth for Environmental Action, Youth Trainer, Taught Inupiaq Culture, 2018
- Alaska Youth for Environmental Action, Youth Organizer, Petition Against Alaska Department of Conservation, 2017
- Frank A Degnan, Youth Leader, Suicide Prevention & Stop Bullying, 2015-2019
References
- Davida Hanson, 107 West Beach Rd, Unalakleet, AK, 99684, (907)625-1289
- Tera Cunningham, PO Box 118, Unalakleet, AK, 99684, (907)625-1324
Personal Information
Hobbies: Providing for family through subsistence activities, Spending time with family, Climate Change Advocacy, Traveling
Timeline
Benefits Specialist
Bering Strait School District
08.2022 - Current
Seasonal Worker
Target
09.2021 - 11.2021
NSEDC Summer Intern
City of Unalakleet
08.2018 - 07.2022
Graduate - undefined
Frank A. Degnan High School
Undergraduate - Political Science
University of Hawaii Hilo
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